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They provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month out of the year.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>These were their names:</p><ol class="csb"><li>Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (he had Socoh and the whole land of Hepher);</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (Taphath daughter of Solomon was his wife);</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam;</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Ahinadab son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also had married a daughter of Solomon — Basemath);</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar;</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;</li><li><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Geber son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of King Sihon of the Amorites and of King Og of Bashan.</li></ol><p class="noind">There was one deputy in the land of Judah.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.4.19.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">Solomon’s Provisions</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> they were eating, drinking, and rejoicing. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> They offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.21.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Solomon’s provisions for one day were 180 bushels<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.4.22.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> of fine flour and 360 bushels<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.4.22.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> of meal, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>ten fattened cattle, twenty range cattle, and a hundred sheep and goats, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and pen-fed poultry,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.4.23.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>for he had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza and over all the kings west of the Euphrates. He had peace on all his surrounding borders. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Throughout Solomon’s reign, Judah and Israel lived in safety from Dan to Beer-sheba,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> each person under his own vine and his own fig tree.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.25.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Solomon had forty thousand<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.4.26.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Each of those deputies for a month in turn provided food for King Solomon and for everyone who came to King Solomon’s table. They neglected nothing. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Each man brought the barley and the straw for the chariot teams and the other horses<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to the required place according to his assignment.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.4.28.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">Solomon’s Wisdom and Literary Gifts</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>God gave Solomon wisdom, very great insight, and understanding<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.29.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> as vast as the sand on the seashore. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.30.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>He was wiser than anyone<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.31.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> — wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.31.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.31.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> His reputation extended to all the surrounding nations.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.31.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Solomon spoke 3,000 proverbs,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.32.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and his songs numbered 1,005.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.32.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.33" /> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>He spoke about trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing out of the wall. He also spoke about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.4.34" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/4-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Emissaries of all peoples, sent by every king on earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.4.34.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><br /><section id="footnotes-1_Kings.4" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.1_Kings.4.19.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.19">4:19</a></span> LXX; MT omits <span class="italic">of Judah</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Kings.4.22.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.22">4:22</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">30 cors</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Kings.4.22.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.22">4:22</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">60 cors</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Kings.4.23.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.23">4:23</a></span> Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.1_Kings.4.26.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.26">4:26</a></span> 2Ch 9:25 reads <span class="italic">4,000 stalls</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Kings.4.28.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.28">4:28</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">judgment</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-1_Kings.4" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.1">4:1</a></span> 2Sm 5:5; 8:15</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.2">4:2</a></span> 1Kg 12:6</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.7">4:7</a></span> 1Kg 4:27</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.20">4:20</a></span> Gn 22:17; 1Kg 3:8</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.21">4:21</a></span> Gn 15:18; 2Ch 9:26</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.21.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.21">4:21</a></span> 2Sm 8:2,6</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.22">4:22-23</a></span> 1Kg 10:5; Neh 5:18</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.25">4:25</a></span> Jdg 20:1; 1Sm 3:20</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.25.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.25">4:25</a></span> Mc 4:3–4; Zch 3:10</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.26">4:26</a></span> Dt 17:16; 1Kg 10:26; 2Ch 1:14</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.28.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.28">4:28</a></span> Est 8:10,14</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.29.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.29">4:29</a></span> 1Kg 3:12</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.30">4:30</a></span> Gn 29:1</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.30.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.30">4:30</a></span> Is 19:11; Ac 7:22</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.31.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.31">4:31</a></span> 1Kg 3:12</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.31.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.31">4:31</a></span> 1Ch 15:19; Pss 88, 89 titles</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.31.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.31">4:31</a></span> 1Ch 2:6</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.31.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.31">4:31</a></span> 1Kg 10:1,6</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.32.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.32">4:32</a></span> Pr 1:1; Ec 9:12</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.32.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.32">4:32</a></span> Sg 1:1</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.4.34.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.4.34">4:34</a></span> 1Kg 10:1,6</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-1_Kings.4" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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